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Biography

Dearbháile Morris is a Lecturer
in Bacteriology at the School of Medicine, National University of Ireland
Galway. Dearbháile graduated from DCU with a B.SC. in Biotechnology in 1997 and
went on to complete a Ph.D. in Bacteriology at NUI Galway in 2002. Dearbháile
gained postdoctoral experience at The Children’s University Hospital, Temple
Street, Dublin before returning to take up a lecturer post at the Discipline of
Bacteriology, NUI Galway in 2004. Dearbháile is Deputy-Director of the Centre
for Health from Environment at NUI Galway, and established the Antimicrobial
Resistance and Microbial Ecology Group in 2010. Dearbháile’s research group
works closely with national and international research groups focusing on antimicrobial
resistance mechanisms and epidemiology, food and water borne pathogens and
other contaminants, and the wider societal impact of infection. For more information
follow the ARME group on twitter @ARME_Galway or visit our website https://www.nuigalway.ie/medicine-nursing-and-health-sciences/medicine/disciplines/bacteriology/rese....

ISEH 2016 (The 3rd International Symposium on Environment and Health) & ISEG 2016 (The 10th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry)
Cormican, M., and Morris, D (2016) Engineered Nano-particles. What do we know about risks to environment and health? ISEH 2016 (The 3rd International Symposium on Environment and Health) & ISEG 2016 (The 10th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry) Galway, Ireland, , 15-AUG-16 - 17-AUG-16 [Details]

Society of General Microbiology (SGM)
Ludden, C., Cormican, M., Austin, B., Morris, D. (2012) The introduction of antimicrobial resistant organisms to a newly built nursing home during commissioning Society of General Microbiology (SGM) [Details]

Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI)
Ludden, C., Boyle, F., Hanahoe, B., Cormican, M., Morris, D (2011) Is containment of antimicrobial resistance a hidden benefit of supporting ageing in the community? Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) [Details]

108th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology
Boyle, F., Galvin, S., Morris, D., Hickey, P., Cormican, M. (2008) The Impact of Effluent from a Municipal wastewater Treatment Plant on the Presence of Antimicrobial Resistant E.coli in Sea Water 108th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology [Details]

(2008)

108th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology
Boyle, F., Galvin, S., Morris, D., Hickey, P., Cormican, M (2008) Detection of Antimicrobial resistant E. coli in sand at a fresh water beach 108th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology [Details]

107th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology
Galvin, S., Morris, D., Dorai-Raj, S., Cormican M. (2007) Detection of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms in Hospital Effluent in Ireland 107th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology [Details]

(2007)

107th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology
Galvin, S., Morris, D., Dorai-Raj, S., Cormican M. (2007) Detection of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms in Rural Water Supplies 107th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology [Details]

(2007)

107th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology
Galvin, S., Morris, D., Cormican M (2007) Detection of Antimicrobial Residues in Hospital Effluent and Rural Piped Water Supplies 107th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology [Details]

American Society for Microbiology Conference on the New Phage Biology
DeLappe, N., Morris, D., Corbett-Feeney, G., Cormican M. (2004) Characterisation of phage used in Salmonella phage typing American Society for Microbiology Conference on the New Phage Biology [Details]

99th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology
Morris D., Melia M, Morrissey M, Corbett-Feeney G, Cormican M (2000) Detection of ESBL production in Enterobacteriaceae using NCCLS screening and confirmatory methods 99th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology [Details]

97th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology
Cormican M.G., Butler C., Morris D., Corbett-Feeney G., Flynn J. (1998) Antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica in the Republic of Ireland 97th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology [Details]

The Academy of Medical Laboratory Science, Microbiology Advisory Body, To screen or not to screen, that is the question?,
Morris, D. (2005) ESBLs: Should we be screening for them?. [Chaired Session], The Academy of Medical Laboratory Science, Microbiology Advisory Body, To screen or not to screen, that is the question?, Dublin , 08-APR-05 - 09-APR-05.
[Details]

Conference Paper

Year

Publication

(2008)

Impact of Agriculture on the Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistant E.coli in Rivers in Ireland. British society for antimicrobial chemotherapy meeting on E.coli.
Galvin, S.,Boyle, F.,Brennan, F.,Morris, D.,,Cormican, M. (2008) Impact of Agriculture on the Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistant E.coli in Rivers in Ireland. British society for antimicrobial chemotherapy meeting on E.coli. Royal College of Physicians, LondonRoyal College of Physicians, London: Conference Paper [Details]

Letter

Year

Publication

(2012)

Detection of OXA-48 Carbapenemase in the Pandemic Clone Escherichia coli O25b:H4-ST131 in the Course of Investigation of an Outbreak of OXA-48-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Morris, D,McGarry, E,Cotter, M,Passet, V,Lynch, M,Ludden, C,Hannan, MM,Brisse, S,Cormican, M (2012) Detection of OXA-48 Carbapenemase in the Pandemic Clone Escherichia coli O25b:H4-ST131 in the Course of Investigation of an Outbreak of OXA-48-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Letter [DOI] [Details]

Dissemination of clonal groups of uropathogenic Escherichia coli is not a significant contributor to trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole resistance in Galway, Ireland.
Morris, D,Chulain, MN,Cormican, M (2007) Dissemination of clonal groups of uropathogenic Escherichia coli is not a significant contributor to trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole resistance in Galway, Ireland. Letter [DOI] [Details]